A STRONG CASE: Lady Cards cruise past Raiders

Once Case's lineup got a second look, they put on a hitting clinic Wednesday. Led by Maddie Carpenter's power stroke and pitcher Leslie Denis' dominating afternoon, the Lady Cardinals thrashed neighboring rival Somerset Berkley 12-0 in a six inning mercy-rule shortened softball contest at the Elizabeth Brown Elementary School.

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Posted Apr. 2, 2014 at 9:44 PM
Updated Apr 3, 2014 at 10:45 PM

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Posted Apr. 2, 2014 at 9:44 PM
Updated Apr 3, 2014 at 10:45 PM

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Once Case’s lineup got a second look, they put on a hitting clinic Wednesday.

Case drilled three home runs and cranked out 13 hits overall while scoring all 12 of their runs in the last four frames.

After flying out to the warning track in her first at-bat, Carpenter sent a towering blast well over the left-center field wall the next time around, plating teammates Kait McCarthy and Denis (who drove in the go-ahead run), giving the Cardinals a 4-0 cushion in the bottom of the third.

Denis held the Raiders (0-1) in check for six innings, surrendering just five hits, one walk and fanned 10 to lead the Cardinals to their second win. Denis also let her bat do the talking, as she cranked a three-run homer in the fift inningh (making it 7-0 in favor of Case) and finished her day 3-for-3 with 4 RBIs.

The Cardinals tacked on a trio of runs in the fifth (10-0) thanks to a two-run double from Julean Newman and Ally DiCesare’s triple to center.

“The girls have been working hard,” said Case head coach Don DiBiaso. “Due to the bad weather, they’ve been working on their hitting indoors and today it showed they’ve done their work inside the cages.

“As for Leslie, she’s on target right now and gets better and better every game.”

With one out and a runner on in the bottom half of the sixth, Carpenter sent her teammates home an inning early after belting her second long ball of the game. She finished 2-for-3 and knocked in five.

“I was definitely feeling confident up there (at the plate),” Carpenter said. “It’s the first time I’ve ever hit two in a game.”

“Maddie’s definitely seeing the ball well right now,” said DiBiaso.

He also believes that his team can maintain success if they can continue to bring a strong work ethic to every game day and practice.

“We’ve just got to keep working hard. We’re a new team with eight different starters in the field. The SCC is strong and the girls will need to bring up that level.”

SB leadoff batter Danielle Silva was the only Raider to collect two hits against Denis.